INDONESIA | Wednesday, 4 Feb 2015 | Views [763]
After somehow managing to spend about $5 for the entire day visiting the Monas, easily overlooking the fact that Claire fetched beer and paid for it while I cooked dinner, my last day was going to be about getting rid of the remaining Rupiah I had. Even ... Read more >
Tags: dining out, food, jakarta, travel
INDONESIA | Sunday, 1 Feb 2015 | Views [658]
After my close encounter of the non-consensual kind in the last journal, I wasn't feeling as suspicious of Indonesians as what most people would. So far, I would rate them pretty highly in the friendly stakes with the other Asian countries I have visited.... Read more >
Tags: city, jakarta, language, locals, monuments, transport
INDONESIA | Friday, 30 Jan 2015 | Views [623]
For a place that sells non-alcoholic Guinness, Jakarta isn't too bad a city. Zero ABV stout is a grave insult to all I hold dear but if a place didn't have quirks, even offensive ones, there would be no reason to leave home at all. Being the size it ... Read more >
Tags: bogor, ex-pats, gardens, jakarta, rain, tinder, trains
